New bounty offer in Pakistan for prophet filmmaker

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A former Pakistani legislator has offered a $200,000 bounty for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims around the world.

Ikramullah Shahid made the offer at a rally Monday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, before a crowd of about 15,000 people.

The rally was led by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council, an umbrella group of radical Islamic and militant groups. Shahid is a member of the group.

This is the second such offer made by someone in Pakistan. A federal cabinet minister earlier offered $100,000 for the man behind the U.S.-made film that portrays Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, womanizer and child molester.

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Outraged Muslims have rallied against the film. At least 23 people have died in protests in Pakistan against the film.